藏 cáng
- Strokes
- 17
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 臧 good, right
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
藏身
cángshēn
to hide oneself; to take shelter
Characters in this word
身 shēn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 身 — body, torso
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 在强降雨引发的山洪中，村民不得不临时藏身于学校二楼。 Zài qiáng jiàngyǔ yǐnfā de shānhóng zhōng, cūnmín bùdébù línshí cángshēn yú xuéxiào èr lóu. During the flash flood triggered by heavy rain, the villagers had to take temporary shelter on the second floor of the school.
- 小男孩藏身在大树后面，等着朋友来找他。 Xiǎo nánhái cángshēn zài dàshù hòumiàn, děngzhe péngyou lái zhǎo tā. The little boy hid behind a big tree, waiting for his friends to find him.
- 下大雨时，我们藏身于一个小亭子里。 Xià dàyǔ shí, wǒmen cángshēn yú yí ge xiǎo tíngzi lǐ. When it rained heavily, we took shelter in a small pavilion.
Related words
- 收藏 shōucáng to collect
- 隐藏 yǐncáng to hide, to conceal
- 宝藏 bǎozàng treasure; valuable resource
- 藏匿 cángnì to hide; to conceal
- 藏品 cángpǐn collection item; collectible
- 矿藏 kuàngcáng mineral deposits; mineral reserves
- 埋藏 máicáng to bury; to hide underground
- 蕴藏 yùncáng to contain; to hold in store
- 贮藏 zhùcáng to store; to preserve in storage
- 珍藏 zhēncáng to treasure; to keep carefully; treasured collection
- 捉迷藏 zhuōmícáng hide-and-seek; to hide and evade
- 身上 shēnshang on the body; on oneself